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“ t last!” you exclaim. “Someone                the merits or demerits of various Internet
             is finally going to tell us if the  sites and services, here are some guidelines
             Internet is good or bad!” Well,     for Internet use that are healthy spiritually,
             sorry to disappoint you, but the    relationally, and emotionally.
             Internet is actually amoral.
“What?” “What about all the lewdness on          Use it in Purity
there?” That’s true. Pornography is one of
the largest industries that uses the Internet.       Little did Job know that the promise he
However, the Internet itself is nothing more     made to himself (Job 31:1) would one day
than a bunch of computers, cables, and           become the motto for an Internet monitor-
some basic communication protocols that          ing service (www.covenanteyes.com) to help
have been around for more than a decade.         protect against the vice of pornography.
The reason why this is important is because      Pornography is likely the single greatest
it takes us away from the question, “Is the      threat facing Christian young men and
Internet (Facebook/Twitter/chatting/etc.)        women in 2010 - 2011.
good or bad?” to “How should I as a believer
use the Internet?”                                   Matthew 5:28 makes it clear that lustful
    In view of this, rather than dissecting      observation equates to adultery in the heart.
                                                 The biochemical reactions in your mind and
                                                 body are the same for pornography as they
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